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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree School for You

Human Resource Management is the #44 most popular major in the country with 28,787 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Resource Management program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the most popular school for human resource management students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Women make up 71% of the HR majors at the school.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 50% of the HR majors at the school.

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#3

Alvernia University

Reading, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alvernia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Alvernia is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Reading.

Full Human Resource Management at Alvernia University Report

#4

University at Albany

Albany, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public college with a large student population.

Full Human Resource Management at University at Albany Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

Full Human Resource Management at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Full Human Resource Management at Carnegie Mellon University Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,810
New York 1,387
Maryland 650
New Jersey 863
District of Columbia 407
Delaware 198

One of 21 majors within the area of study, human resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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